Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. $TSM Stock Holdings Lifted by Sage Mountain Advisors LLC

Key Points

• Sage Mountain Advisors LLC increased its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company by 23.8% in Q2, holding a total of 6,694 shares valued at approximately $1.5 million.
• Multiple analysts have raised their price targets for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, with Barclays increasing it to $355 and Needham & Company raising it to $360, reflecting a consensus rating of "Buy" for the stock.
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing recently declared an increased quarterly dividend of $0.8348 per share, which will be paid on January 8th, representing an annual yield of 1.1%.

Sage Mountain Advisors LLC grew its stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM - Free Report) by 23.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 6,694 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after buying an additional 1,289 shares during the period. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC's holdings in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were worth $1,516,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 0.6% in the second quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 509,775 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $115,459,000 after buying an additional 2,905 shares during the last quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 17.2% in the second quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC now owns 6,917 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,567,000 after buying an additional 1,017 shares during the last quarter. Jackson Hole Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 3.7% in the second quarter. Jackson Hole Capital Partners LLC now owns 23,393 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $5,298,000 after buying an additional 831 shares during the last quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 8.0% in the second quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 164,752 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $37,315,000 after buying an additional 12,218 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Value Star Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd lifted its position in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing by 50.0% during the 2nd quarter. Value Star Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd now owns 15,000 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $3,397,000 after purchasing an additional 5,000 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 16.51% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on TSM. Barclays boosted their price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $330.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $300.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, October 18th. Weiss Ratings raised Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing from $270.00 to $360.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $371.67.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Trading Up 1.5%

TSM stock opened at $295.22 on Friday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. has a 1-year low of $134.25 and a 1-year high of $311.37. The firm has a market cap of $1.53 trillion, a P/E ratio of 30.28, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.28. The business's 50 day moving average is $267.36 and its 200-day moving average is $226.51. The company has a current ratio of 2.37, a quick ratio of 2.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 16th. The semiconductor company reported $2.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.33. The company had revenue of $32.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $951.89 billion. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing had a return on equity of 36.06% and a net margin of 43.72%.The company's revenue was up 40.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.94 EPS. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. will post 9.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, January 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.8348 per share. This is a boost from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's previous quarterly dividend of $0.65. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 11th. This represents a $3.34 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's dividend payout ratio is currently 26.97%.

About Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices in Taiwan, China, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, the United States, and internationally. It provides a range of wafer fabrication processes, including processes to manufacture complementary metal- oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic, mixed-signal, radio frequency, embedded memory, bipolar CMOS mixed-signal, and others.

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